Tag: The Book Fairies

A Freeport-based nonprofit dedicated to eradicating illiteracy had the Long Island Nets basketball team help celebrate the group donating its 3 millionth book on Oct. 22.

The Book Fairies, a Long Island-based nonprofit organization, has announced that Alton Byrd has joined its board of directors, helping to guide growth and impact as it continues its mission of eradicating illiteracy. 

Freeport-based nonprofit The Book Fairies just launched its month-long, virtual “Once Upon a Read-a-Thon” fundraiser.

The Book Fairies, a Freeport-based nonprofit that donates reading materials for those in need, is hosting a virtual Read-a-Thon in August to engage kids after the coronavirus pandemic interrupted their education.

After Long Island schools closed last week and switched to virtual learning to avoid spreading the coronavirus, a local literacy nonprofit donated books to children in need so they could keep reading.

Guinness World Records has confirmed that Freeport-based nonprofit The Book Fairies officially broke the record for the longest line of books, 3.81 miles, at two Wyandanch schools in November.

The Book Fairies, a Freeport-based nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating illiteracy, appointed Long Island Press Publisher Joanna Austin to its board of directors.

More than 150 volunteers spent three hours Thursday lining up 31,000 books through two Wyandanch schools in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest-ever line of books.

Vying to set the world record for longest chain of books is The Book Fairies, a Freeport-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting illiteracy by providing free books to at-risk youths and communities.

The group has donated books to libraries, schools, community organizations, homeless shelters, children’s hospitals and elsewhere since 2012.